Ralph Wright

American writer and animator (1908–1983) Ralph WrightRalph Wright posing in front of the Oscar awarded for Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day which was awarded the 1968 Academy Award for Animated Short FilmBorn(1908-05-17)May 17, 1908Grants Pass, Oregon, U.S.DiedDecember 31, 1983(1983-12-31) (aged 75)Los Osos, California, U.S.OccupationsWriter, actor, director, animation pioneerYears active1931–1983Employer(s)Walt Disney Productions (1940-1983)Gaumont British Animation (1948-1950)Spouse Irmgard Julia Wright ​ ​(m. 1956)​ Ralph Waldo Wright (May 17, 1908 – December 31, 1983) was a Disney animator and story/storyboard writer who provided the gloomy, sullen voice of Eeyore from the popular Winnie the Pooh franchise. Biography Wright came to the studio in the 1940s, and became well known throughout the ensuing decades for his endearingly gloomy and sullen personality traits as well as his bass voice. Shortly after World War II, Wright came to England to serve as an animation supervisor for Animaland in David Hand's Gaumont-British Animation studio in Cookham. He returned to the United States shortly after the studio's closure in 1950. In his later years, he turned out to